TO MEMBERS OF THE COLLEGIUM OF THE PEOPLE’S COMMISSARIAT FOR WORKERS’ AND PEASANTS’ INSPECTION

Written:Written on August 21, 1922Published:First published in 1928 in LeninMiscellany VIII.

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Svidersky,Reske, Rozmirovich, Ruzerand other members of the Collegium of theW.P.I.

Ivery much regret that Tsyurupa did not manage to
do any work in theWorkers’ and Peasants’
Inspection.[1]I am afraid that the work is not quite rightly organised.
Thetypeof work isindividual investigations andreports.
This is old hat. But there is noreorganisationof the
machinery or its improvement. There are no model staffs composed
entirely of Communists, or entirely of students of Schools
of Soviet and Party Work; there are no systematically
worked-outratesof work, which might be applied to other
departments; there are no systematic statistical studies of
whatSoviet employeescan do in this or that branch of
government in the course of a week, and so forth.

Ihad constantly hoped that the influx of new people
into the Collegium of the W.P.I. would liven up the work,
but from my questioning of Stalin I have not been able to
see this. Please write to me, and then we shall organise
a meeting, if necessary. You have a staff of 8,000 instead
of 9,000. Would it not be possible to cut it down to2,000,
with salaries for 6,000 (i.e., to treble the payment) and
improve their qualifications?

IfAvanesov arrives soon, show this to him too.

Withcommunist greetings,Lenin

[1]A.D.Tsyurupa was ill and unable to take part in the work of
the Workers’ and Peasants’ Inspection.